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1) Morgan Jennings, a geography professor, invests $50,000 in a parcel of land
that is expected to increase in value by 12 percent per year for the next five
years. He will take the proceeds and provide himself with a 10-year annuity.
Assuming a 12 percent interest rate, how much will this annuity be?

2) Folic Acid, Inc., has $20 million in earnings, pays $2.75 million in interest to
bondholders, and $1.80 million in dividends to preferred stockholders.
a. What are the common stockholders' residual claims to earnings?
b. What are the common stockholders' legal, enforceable claims to dividends?

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1) Morgan Jennings, a geography professor, invests $50,000 in a parcel of land
that is expected to increase in value by 12 percent per year for the next five
years. He will take the proceeds and provide himself with a 10-year annuity.
Assuming a 12 percent interest rate, how much will this annuity be?

First, you need to find the value of the land after five years. You can use future value formula to calculate as follows:

FV = PV (1+R)N where PV is the present value of the land
R is the interest rate
N is the period

FV = $50,000(1 + 0.12)5
FV = $50,000(1.7623)
FV = ...

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